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When I was 15 and learning to drive my dad lived in Atlanta. I went there for a visit once and he had me drive there, and everywhere for the whole week. My first experience driving on an interstate included going 90 around the perimeter full of other cars going faster than me and requiring getting from one onramp and moving over 4 lanes to get tot he next exit in half a mile. It was terrifying and I definitely cut waaayyy too many people off driving into town and I'm shocked I didn't cause a wreck. That was always his teaching style, just throwing me into the deep end. It's still burned into my brain as one of the most dangerous things I've done (And that's a long list). But, when I had to go into my drivers ed class the following school year I was the only one who was at all comfortable on the interstate and one of the best drivers in the class.
I don't recommend teaching things that way and I'd never do that with my children, but damn was it effective since I didn't die. Not dying was probably a close call though.
The motorways of Atlanta are comically bad. Everyone is cutting eachother off and going 40+ mph over the speed limit, traffic jams galore. If you have to go somewhere that's 5 miles away in Atlanta, it is going to probably take you 30 minutes at best, but most likely an hour.